Chapter Summaries

Qian Renxue visited Qian Daochen’s tavern, where a discussion of the continent’s strongest experts revealed rumors of a mysterious swordsman from Slaughter City. The Heavenly Dao Ranking then appeared in the sky and announced a ranking of Douluo Continent’s ten strongest experts, leaving the continent waiting for its first reveal.

• Qian Renxue praised Qian Daochen’s tavern and spoke with him over wine.
• Soul masters debated whether Tang Chen, Bo Saixi, or Qian Daoliu was the strongest, and Qian Daochen insisted Angel Douluo was superior.
• A white-haired soul master recounted a rumor that a white-clad swordsman had defeated the Slaughter King with one strike, and Qian Daochen privately recognized the story as his own past.
• Qian Daochen reflected on his vanished reputation and the future role of Tang San, while Qian Renxue noticed his secretive reaction.
• A golden heavenly screen appeared over Heaven Dou City and announced rewards for those who made its ranking.
• The screen began the Strongest Ranking, announcing a review of Douluo Continent’s ten peak strongest experts.

The Heavenly Dao ranking prompted soul masters and soul beasts across Douluo Continent to consider who would make the list and what rewards it might bring. As Qian Renxue prepared to return to Spirit Hall, Qian Daochen revealed that he was her great-granduncle.

• Soul masters across the continent argued over which experts would claim the ranking’s top places.
• Dugu Bo considered trading the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well for a Heavenly Dao reward that could cure his family’s poison.
• Shrek Academy’s students complained that the ranking favored experts who had already grown powerful, while Tang San and Xiao Wu wondered what the rewards and rankings would mean.
• Bibi Dong expected to claim a top-three spot and hoped the reward would advance her Rakshasa God Trial.
• Di Tian learned that the ranking included all living beings, and Gu Yuena awakened and hoped its rewards would heal her injuries.
• Qian Renxue prepared to return to Spirit Hall, and Qian Daochen told her he was her great-granduncle.

After Qian Daochen killed three Soul Masters who pursued Qian Renxue, the Strongest Ranking prepared to announce its tenth place. Across the continent, powerful factions speculated about the rankings as Shrek Academy’s Tang San asked Yu Xiaogang who he thought would be tenth.

• Qian Renxue dismissed Qian Daochen’s claim that he was her granduncle and left the tavern.
• A scar-faced Soul Sage followed Qian Renxue with two companions, and Qian Daochen killed all three with one sword strike before disappearing.
• Qian Daochen left Heaven Dou City, reflected on powerful beings hidden across the continent, and decided to retrieve his sword before returning to Spirit Hall.
• At the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong discussed who might appear on the ranking, and Chen Xin recalled a swordsman who had once defeated him with a tree branch.
• At Clear Sky Sect, Tang Xiao and the elders hoped Tang Chen would rank first and earn rewards that could restore the sect’s standing.
• At Shrek Academy, Yu Xiaogang dismissed the idea that Angel Douluo deserved to be among the three great Limit Douluo, and Tang San asked him to guess the tenth-ranked expert.

Yu Xiaogang guessed that Yu Yuanzhen would rank tenth, while Spirit Hall expected Bibi Dong to place among the top five. The Heavenly Screen named Bibi Dong tenth, leaving her demanding to know who ranked above her as Qian Daochen judged the result reasonable.

• Yu Xiaogang predicted that Yu Yuanzhen would take tenth place, and Tang San and the others praised his insight.
• Qian Daoliu remembered his missing elder brother, Qian Daochen, and wished he were present to claim first place.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo told Bibi Dong that she should rank among the top five, but the Heavenly Screen announced her as tenth.
• Bibi Dong questioned how six unknown powerhouses could rank above her, while Spirit Hall's consecrates and soul masters across the continent reacted with shock.
• Qian Daochen saw Bibi Dong's tenth-place ranking and considered it reasonable because powerful beings such as Di Tian and Gu Yuena were also contenders.

The ranking revealed that Bibi Dong was tenth among the supreme powerhouses, prompting rival factions to underestimate Spirit Hall and mock its pope. Bibi Dong suppressed her anger and awaited the ranking’s review, which confirmed her level 98 power and twin martial souls.

• Qian Daochen considered the ranking’s implications and resolved to challenge the Divine Realm after reclaiming Spirit Hall.
• The Xing Luo Emperor and Emperor Xue Ye ordered their courts to wait for the full top ten before changing plans against Spirit Hall.
• Ning Fengzhi, Gu Rong, and Chen Xin debated Bibi Dong’s strength and wondered who ranked above her.
• Clear Sky Sect disciples mocked Bibi Dong as the “Watered-Down Pope,” and their comments spread across the continent.
• Bibi Dong unleashed her pressure in the Papal Hall, then agreed to watch the ranking’s review.
• The Heavenly Screen identified Bibi Dong as a level 98 Super Douluo and the possessor of the Death Spider Emperor and Soul-Devouring Spider Emperor martial souls.

The Heavenly Screen revealed Bibi Dong’s rank ninety-eight soul power and Twin Martial Souls, shocking the continent’s major powers and prompting them to strengthen their defenses against Spirit Hall. It then showed that both of her Spider Emperor martial souls were top-tier, leaving Clear Sky Sect’s leaders especially wary.

• Bibi Dong’s secret Twin Martial Souls and rank ninety-eight strength were revealed, stunning Spirit Hall’s consecrates and making them wonder how powerful the nine people ranked above her were.
• The Xing Luo Emperor raised the empire’s preparations against Spirit Hall to the highest level, while Emperor Xue Ye’s ministers fell silent after learning how strong Bibi Dong was.
• Ning Fengzhi, Gu Rong, and Chen Xin recognized Bibi Dong as more dangerous than they had expected, and Tang Xiao ordered Clear Sky Sect’s disciples not to leave the mountain or provoke Spirit Hall.
• Bibi Dong dismissed concerns that her exposed secret would hinder Spirit Hall’s plans, declaring that she feared nothing.
• The Heavenly Screen revealed that Bibi Dong’s Death Spider Emperor and Soul-Devouring Spider Emperor were both top-tier martial souls and that she could wield them simultaneously.
• Clear Sky Sect’s Tang Xiao and Seventh Elder watched the revelation in alarm as the sect’s earlier mockery of Bibi Dong gave way to fear.

The Heavenly Screen revealed Bibi Dong's level ninety-eight strength, Twin top-tier Martial Souls, and achievements in Slaughter City, prompting the empires and sects to reconsider their view of Spirit Hall. Xiao Wu was shaken by the revelation because Bibi Dong had killed her mother, while Tang San encouraged her and the others to keep cultivating.

• Clear Sky Sect elders lamented that Spirit Hall's growing power left them little hope without Tang Chen's return.
• Emperor Xue Ye and his ministers recognized Bibi Dong as a major threat, while the Xing Luo Emperor ordered secret contact with Heaven Dou to explore an alliance against Spirit Hall.
• The Heavenly Screen revealed that Bibi Dong had won one hundred battles in Slaughter City, survived Hell Road, and obtained the Killing God Domain.
• Chen Xin explained Slaughter City's dangers and the power of the Killing God Domain to Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong.
• Xiao Wu remembered Bibi Dong killing her mother and doubted her ability to avenge her, while Tang San urged her to believe in their future potential.

The Heavenly Screen revealed Bibi Dong’s Rakshasa God inheritance and her potential to become a god, alarming Spirit Hall’s rivals and prompting Heaven Dou and Star Luo to consider an alliance. After Bibi Dong ranked tenth, the Heavenly Dao announced three powerful rewards, leaving Xue Ye wondering what the Marrow-Cleansing Pill would do.

• The Heavenly Screen revealed that Bibi Dong had begun the Rakshasa God trials and reached Level 98, with the aptitude to become a god.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo and Spirit Hall’s worshippers reacted to Bibi Dong’s inheritance, while Tang Xiao ordered Clear Sky Sect to remain sealed.
• Xue Ye agreed to send an envoy to Star Luo Empire to discuss an alliance against Spirit Hall.
• The Heavenly Screen ranked Bibi Dong tenth and announced rewards of five additional levels of Innate Soul Power, the Rakshasa Sword, and a Heavenly Dao Marrow-Cleansing Pill.
• Xue Ye considered how the rewards could strengthen Bibi Dong and asked what the Marrow-Cleansing Pill was.

The Heavenly Screen revealed that the Heavenly Dao Marrow-Cleansing Pill could evolve martial souls and elevate life essence, intensifying the factions’ hopes and fears over the Supreme Ranking. Qian Daochen arrived at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect as Chen Xin’s Ancient Sword awakened, while Bibi Dong received her rewards and welcomed the exposure.

• The Heavenly Screen explained the Marrow-Cleansing Pill’s power, and the factions realized it could be even more valuable than a Divine Artifact.
• Di Tian and the other beasts wondered whether the pill could improve Soul Beast bloodlines, while Gu Yuena said even the Dragon God could not create such a pill.
• Qian Daochen arrived at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and sensed the sword he had left with Chen Xin stirring.
• Chen Xin felt the Ancient Sword awaken and told Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong that it might be welcoming its master, whose strength surpassed Bibi Dong’s.
• Bibi Dong absorbed her rewards, took up the Rakshasa Sword, and decided that being exposed by the ranking had been worthwhile.

Bibi Dong’s tenth-place reward elevated her to Level 99 and gave her a powerful Rakshasa Divine Artifact, after which she entered seclusion. Yu Xiaogang failed to obtain her Marrow-Cleansing Pill, while Qian Daochen encountered Ning Rongrong in Seven Treasure City.

• Bibi Dong received a Heavenly Dao reward that broke her through to Level 99 and gave her the Rakshasa Sword, then announced she would enter seclusion.
• Yu Xiaogang sent Bibi Dong two letters asking for the Marrow-Cleansing Pill, received no reply, and grew resentful when he learned she was in seclusion.
• Qian Daochen walked through Seven Treasure City and encountered Ning Rongrong beside a stone bridge.
• Ning Rongrong flicked a pebble at Qian Daochen, but it stopped in midair before reaching his knee.

Qian Daochen punished Ning Rongrong for throwing a pebble, then accompanied her toward the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to retrieve his sword. The Heavenly Screen announced the Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler as ninth on the Supreme Powerhouse Ranking, shocking powerful figures across both continents.

• Qian Daochen returned Ning Rongrong's pebble, grabbed her, and slapped her backside after she demanded an apology.
• Qian Daochen revealed his youthful appearance and told Ning Rongrong that he was going to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to retrieve his sword.
• The Heavenly Screen announced that the Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler had taken ninth place on the Supreme Powerhouse Ranking.
• Evil Emperor questioned why he had ranked only ninth, while Sun Moon Empire soul masters and officials reacted in disbelief.
• Bibi Dong and Golden Crocodile Douluo wondered how the unfamiliar soul beast could rank above her.
• Bear Lord and Di Tian admitted they had never encountered the Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler in the Star Dou Great Forest.

The Heavenly Screen revealed Evil Emperor as an eight-hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast ruling the Evil Demon Forest on the technologically advanced Sun Moon Continent. The empires and Gu Yuena considered the newly revealed continent and Evil Emperor’s threat, while Evil Emperor watched the reactions and waited for the screen to show its full strength.

• The Heavenly Screen showed the Sun Moon Continent and identified Evil Emperor as its strongest Soul Beast and a totem of the Sun Moon Empire.
• Xue Ye ordered Heaven Dou Empire officials to investigate ocean voyages and record information about the Sun Moon Empire, while the Xing Luo Emperor ordered an investigation into its ties to Evil Emperor.
• Bibi Dong declared that the Sun Moon Empire would become a target after Spirit Hall established its empire, and Gu Yuena wondered who ranked above Evil Emperor.
• The Heavenly Screen demonstrated Evil Emperor’s spiritual control, Mental Domain, and Mental Illusion Realm, which could overwhelm Soul Beasts and erase consciousness.
• Evil Emperor grew angry at comments mocking its appearance, sent Spiritual Power toward nearby Soul Masters, then withdrew it and waited for the screen to reveal its strength.

Qian Daochen and Ning Rongrong climbed toward the mountain gate while the Heavenly Screen showed the Evil Emperor battling Di Tian in the Star Dou Great Forest. Di Tian dominated the fight until the Evil Emperor struck him with its Light of Time and Space, leaving the Evil Emperor boasting of its power.

• Qian Daochen caught Ning Rongrong when she stepped off the edge of the stone stairs, and she soon resumed walking beside him.
• The Heavenly Screen showed Di Tian attacking the Evil Emperor, whose tentacles and spiritual attacks failed to overcome the black dragon.
• Soul Masters across the continent recognized Di Tian as a hidden powerhouse of the Star Dou Great Forest and speculated that it would rank above the ninth-ranked Evil Emperor.
• The Evil Emperor froze the battlefield with its Light of Time and Space and pierced Di Tian's chest, shattering his scales and drawing blood.
• The Evil Emperor celebrated injuring Di Tian and declared that even Di Tian could not withstand its ultimate skill.

The Heavenly Dao announced the Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler's rewards for ranking ninth on the Supreme Powerhouse Ranking. Its cultivation increased by two hundred thousand years, and it received a random God-Level Soul Skill and a God-Level Bloodline.

• Bibi Dong and Spirit Hall's elders worried that the Evil Emperor's reward would strengthen the Sun Moon Empire, but hoped the Great Enshrined would preserve Spirit Hall's advantage.
• The Evil Emperor awaited its reward, while the Sun Moon Emperor ordered his ministers to record every word of the announcement.
• Di Tian, Xiong Jun, Bi Ji, and the Myriad Demon King watched from the Star Dou Great Forest and anticipated what the reward would mean for Soul Beasts.
• The Ice Empress told the Snow Empress she was strong enough to rank, and the Snow Empress quietly watched the Heavenly Screen.
• The Heavenly Dao announced that the Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler would gain two hundred thousand years of cultivation, one random God-Level Soul Skill, and a God-Level Bloodline.

Evil Emperor received two hundred thousand years of cultivation, a God-Level Soul Skill, and a God-Level Bloodline, alarming the continent’s rulers and powerful Soul Beasts. Gu Yuena explained that the rewards would bring Evil Emperor to nine hundred and ninety thousand years but not make it a Million-Year Soul Beast, and said it still could not defeat Di Tian.

• Soul Masters across the continent reacted to Evil Emperor’s three rewards, while Bibi Dong and Golden Crocodile Douluo judged the Sun Moon Empire a growing threat to Spirit Hall.
• Xing Luo Emperor ordered his ministers to accelerate an alliance with the Heaven Dou Empire and contact the Upper Three Sects.
• Xue Ye decided to wait for the Supreme Ranking’s top eight to be revealed before seeking support from a powerful human.
• Evil Emperor absorbed the three rewards as the Evil Eye Soul Beasts and Sun Moon Empire’s ministers celebrated its transformation.
• Bear Lord, Myriad Demon King, Bi Ji, and Di Tian considered how Evil Emperor’s rewards could increase its strength and threaten Di Tian.
• Gu Yuena said Evil Emperor would reach nine hundred and ninety thousand years, still need the Million-Year Heavenly Tribulation, and remain weaker than Di Tian.

The Evil Emperor received cultivation, Candle Dragon bloodline, and Time Stop from the Heavenly Dao, then began mastering its new powers. At Spirit Hall, Qian Daoliu learned that Qian Renxue had met Qian Daochen and realized his elder brother had returned.

• The Evil Emperor absorbed three rewards, raising its cultivation and gaining a trace of Candle Dragon bloodline and the Time Stop Soul Skill.
• The Evil Emperor tested Time Stop across several hundred miles and decided to remain in the Evil Demon Forest to master its new powers.
• Qian Daoliu reflected on the Sun Moon Continent’s revelation and acknowledged that Qian Daochen’s claims from thirty years earlier had been true.
• Qian Renxue told Qian Daoliu that a man at the Chen Xin Tavern had claimed to be her great-grandfather and said he was returning to Spirit Hall.
• Qian Daoliu identified the man as his elder brother Qian Daochen and told Qian Renxue about his brother’s strength and reputation.

Ning Fengzhi learned that Ning Rongrong had been taken by a White Clothes swordsman, whom Chen Xin suspected was the long-awaited master of the Ancient Sword. The Heavenly Screen then revealed Snow Empress as eighth on the Supreme Powerhouse Ranking, leaving Soul Masters wondering why she ranked above the more ancient Evil Emperor.

• A disciple told Ning Fengzhi that a young White Clothes man had taken Ning Rongrong after she clashed with him near the mountain gate.
• Chen Xin recognized the man's description and suggested that he might have brought Ning Rongrong back to the sect, since Chen Xin had spent his life seeking the senior who owned the Ancient Sword.
• The Heavenly Screen gathered golden radiance as Bibi Dong, Gu Yuena, Evil Emperor, and others watched for the eighth-ranked powerhouse.
• The Heavenly Screen revealed Snow Empress, a seven-hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast who wielded an icy longsword and ranked above Evil Emperor.
• Soul Masters questioned why Snow Empress ranked higher despite having less cultivation than Evil Emperor.

The Heavenly Screen revealed that Snow Empress was born from the Far North’s Ice-Snow Origin and explained why her strength surpassed Evil Emperor’s. Qian Daochen recognized her as an old acquaintance who was still waiting for him, leaving Ning Rongrong curious about their connection.

• Sword Douluo Chen Xin, Golden Crocodile Douluo, and Gu Yuena said Snow Empress’s combat strength justified her ranking above Evil Emperor.
• The Heavenly Screen revealed that Snow Empress was the first Spirit of Heaven and Earth on Douluo Continent and could draw endless ice and snow power in the Far North.
• Di Tian, Bi Ji, and Myriad Demon King explained that fighting Snow Empress in the Far North meant facing the power of the entire snowfield.
• Evil Emperor rejected the ranking and vowed to challenge Snow Empress after mastering the Candle Dragon Bloodline and the laws of time and space.
• Qian Daochen told Ning Rongrong that he had met Snow Empress while training in the Far North and that she was still waiting for him.

The Heavenly Screen revealed Snow Empress's three self-created techniques and her God-Level fusion technique with Ice Empress, while Gu Yuena judged they were not enough to surpass Evil Emperor. It then showed Snow Empress failing her 700,000-year tribulation and facing capture, ending as she remembered the person who appeared to save her.

• Snow Empress told Ice Empress she had waited thirty years for someone and would leave the Far North if the Heavenly Dao's reward helped her survive her next tribulation.
• The Heavenly Screen revealed Snow Empress's three powerful techniques and the twin emperors' God-Level fusion technique, Pride of the Twin Emperors of the Far North.
• Gu Yuena concluded that Snow Empress's displayed abilities were not enough to firmly surpass Evil Emperor, and the observers speculated that she had another trump card.
• The Heavenly Screen showed Snow Empress failing her 700,000-year tribulation and falling into a near-death state.
• Human Soul Masters tried to capture Snow Empress with a Soul Tool, and Snow Empress remembered that someone had appeared before her on the snowfield.

The Heavenly Screen revealed how Qian Daochen rescued Snow Empress, taught her swordsmanship, and inspired her God-Level technique, Longing for Chen. Snow Empress’s review ended with her awaiting the Heavenly Dao’s reward alongside Ice Empress.

• White Clothes split a circular Soul Tool and a snowy mountain with one sword strike, then drove away the Soul Masters threatening Snow Empress.
• Qian Daochen stabilized Snow Empress’s shattered Ice-Snow Origin and taught her swordsmanship as the two grew close.
• After Qian Daochen left the Far North, Snow Empress created Longing for Chen, a sword technique born from thirty years of longing for him.
• Ning Rongrong learned that Snow Empress was still waiting for Qian Daochen because he had broken his promise.
• Qian Daoliu and Qian Renxue recognized White Clothes as Qian Daochen, while the Heavenly Screen announced Snow Empress’s eighth-place review was ending.
• Snow Empress and Ice Empress watched as the Heavenly Dao’s reward began to gather.